Scientists Create Bacteria that Lights Up Around Landmines

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 11.16.09

 

A stunning 87 countries around the world are still littered with undetonated landmines, and their impact is devastating. Tens of thousands of people are killed or injured by mines every year, and they pose a grave threat to ecosystems and wildlife. But an unexpected solution may be on the way--scientists have developed a special kind of bacteria that actually begins to glow in the presence of landmines.

 

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